How would a surviving Admiral François Darlan influe on the WWII and the aftermath?

On Christmas 1942 the admiral Darlan, previously PM of Pétain and designated succesor, and who had in the previous weeks rallied the Allies, and with him the French West Africa and French Algeria, was murdered by Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle.

Darlan was pretty impopular with some sections of the Free French troops since he was one of the proponents of the policy of collaboration with the Reich.

WI he lived? How would the dynamics between De Gaulle, Giraud and him play? And how would this influe on the post-war.
 
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On Christmas 1942 the admiral Darlan, previously PM of Pétain and designated succesor, and who had in the previous weeks rallied the Allies, and with him the French West Africa and French Algeria, was murdered by Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle.

Darlan was pretty impopular with some sections of the Free French troops since he was one of the proponents of the policy of collaboration with the Reich.

WI he lived? How would the dynamics between De Gaulle, Giraud and him play? And how would this influe on the post-war.

Giraud will go with Darlan (Who will create a "vichy" on the side of the American) , the american will try to force De Gaulle to join Darlan like OTL with Giraud but he (De Gaulle ) will have the support of the resistance and the Free France . At the end, two endings :

-De Gaulle will have an "accident" in a plane, the communiste will take some parts of France for them and will don't recognised the Darlan Governement . (Some kind of the Situation of China before the civil war), French Civil War after the end of the World War (Who will end later (A divided resistance). Worst case for France

-Like OTL , De Gaulle win against Darlan the same way he win against Giraud. Best case for France
 
WI Darlan lived? How would the dynamics between De Gaulle, Giraud and him play? And how would this influence the post-war.

Giraud will not be a factor - he was apolitical. The Allies had recognized Darlan as the legal head of government in French North Africa, and French officialdom accepted him. This shut out De Gaulle and Free France. (There had been an expectation that the Allied occupation would be followed by an immediate popular surge for Free France, so that De Gaulle would take over - but that didn't happen at all.) After Darlan was killed, someone had to replace him, and Giraud was the logical figure.

De Gaulle is going to work against Darlan from the start - demanding representation for Free France on whatever ad hoc council is set up to administer North Africa. OTL he rather easily outmaneuvered Giraud, but Darlan will be a tougher nut.

Darlan of course has a very dirty reputation, having been a very prominent member of Pétain's government. Eisenhower wrote that his manner did not, ahem, inspire trust.

The question is whether he can get away from that by working hard with the Allies.
 
-De Gaulle will have an "accident" in a plane, the communiste will take some parts of France for them and will don't recognised the Darlan Governement . (Some kind of the Situation of China before the civil war), French Civil War after the end of the World War (Who will end later (A divided resistance). Worst case for France

Then, given how the White Frenchmen will be divided between the Gaullists and the Darlanists, how much of the mainland will they be able to keep?

-Like OTL , De Gaulle win against Darlan the same way he win against Giraud. Best case for France

Apart if Darlan's friends try to make De Gaulle's life impossible in the French West Africa and Indochina as far as they can without harming the war against the Axis.

Darlan of course has a very dirty reputation, having been a very prominent member of Pétain's government. Eisenhower wrote that his manner did not, ahem, inspire trust.

The question is whether he can get away from that by working hard with the Allies.

I could see some Allies leaders trying to cultivate an alternative to De Gaulle, especially since they would want to draw to them the French civil service.
OTOH, some of Darlan's propositions would have drawn Vichy as a co-belligerant to the Axis.
 
I think De Gaulle eventually triumphs after a very long process of infighting. Ultimately, the person in charge will be who the Allies can accept. They preferred Giraud, but could accept De Gaulle. I think eventually Darlan will be seen as too troublesome and unable to rally the French as expected, so there will be pressure finally put on him to accept De Gaulle's conditions which effectively makes De Gaulle in charge.
 
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